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Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley

15 films · 1,129 frames · top-billed in 12 · 20052023

Born 26 March 1985 · Teddington, London, England, UK

Keira Christina Knightley is an English actress. She has starred in both independent films and big-budget blockbusters and is particularly noted for her roles in period dramas. Her accolades include two Empire Awards and nominations for two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, one Screen Actors Guild Award and one Laurence Olivier Award. Knightley was appointed an OBE in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to drama and charity.

Born in London to actors Will Knightley and Sharman Macdonald, Knightley obtained an agent at age six and initially worked commercials and television films.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 15 films · 1,129 frames · top-billed in 12 · 20052023

  • Officer of the Order of the British Empire
  • Empire Award for Best Actress2008
  • Teen Choice Award for Choice Hissy Fit2006
  • Empire Awards
  • Jupiter Awards

How their films are shot

Measured across 1,129 frames from the 15 films we hold. This is the look of the work Keira takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 15 films we hold, 47% of their frames are day, 46% natural — the look of the work Keira takes.

Time of day

Day47%
Night41%
Interior6%

Lighting

Natural46%
Low key41%
High key9%
Silhouette4%

Shot size

Medium43%
Wide27%
Closeup20%
Establishing5%

Camera angle

Eye level88%
High angle5%
Low angle5%

Mood

Neutral62%
Tense17%
Lonely10%
Ominous6%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,129 frames from Keira Knightley's 15 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.